Crime

Rolling Hills Estates takes a page out of IPD's playbook, claims "icicle gun".

Mystery deepens as authorities say detectives found no weapon at scene of L.A. attorney's fatal shooting

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/detectives-didnt-find-weapon-where-la-attorney-was-shot-adding-new-twist-to-mystery.html

The investigation into the fatal shooting of a prominent Los Angeles attorney outside his Rolling Hills Estates home took a new twist this morning when the L.A. County Sheriff's Department said detectives did not find a weapon at the scene.

The revelation comes as detectives try to determine whether the attorney was the victim of a homicide or committed suicide. The fact that no gun was found would make the suicide theory harder to substantiate. On Tuesday evening, deputies searched the surrounding neighborhood for evidence.

Officials called the death highly suspicious but stopped short of calling it a homicide, saying more investigation was needed. Jeffrey Tidus, 53, an attorney with Baute & Tidus, a downtown Los Angeles law firm specializing in civil litigation, was found shot outside his home about 8:30 p.m. Monday. He died Tuesday morning at a hospital.


Oy!

:mad:
 
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